Easter Sunday, Albuquerque, c. 1960's

He is not here; He is risen.
Luke 24:6

Easter Sunday really was the "Sunday of Sundays" for my Catholic family in the early 1960's. Typically, my brother and I would be serving as altar boys at one of the Masses--we just hoped our names didn't come up for the sunrise Mass or any Mass with the mercurial Father MacDonald.

After Mass, the family went to an Easter Sunday buffet, followed by an Easter egg hunt for the younger kids.

These are times I recall fondly and I'll write some more about them in the future.

Seems Like Nothin' Ever Comes to No Good Up on Choctaw Ridge . . . .

Number of "MacAllisters" found in public records in Mississippi from 1790 to 2007: 16 (maybe 17).
Number of MacAllisters in Mississippi named "Billie Joe": None.

"I Got Some News This Mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"

Choctaw Ridge in a portion of Mississippi (Panola County)

The river just north of Batesville is the Tallahatchie River. The lake northeast of Batesville is Sardis Lake. The red line through Batesville is Interstate 55. The dark east-west line through Batesville is Mississippi Highway 6. The red line west of Batesville is an approximation of Choctaw Ridge. The area west of Choctaw Ridge is the Delta.

Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day ?

Conditions in the Delta today (as observed at Greenwood, Mississippi) : High temp. 91^o ; isolated thunderstorms; chance of precip., 30%; rel. hum. 50%. Sunrise: 5:51 am CDT. Sunset: 8:07 pm CDT.

A bridge over the Tallahatchie River
(Mississippi Hwy 7 between Holly Springs and Oxford)